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The soldier who kept his soul free
Aug 16, 2026New Delhi , August 16 (ANI): This Independence Day, Ajay Kumar's journey from Jammu and the Indian Air Force to poetry, performance and Huemanity Studios asks whether a nation is truly free until its people can... -
When the dead are everywhere: A Sunday meditation on grief, memory, food and the geography of love
Aug 9, 2026New Delhi , August 9 (ANI): Sunita Bua died, and suddenly there was nowhere I could go to see her. And then, almost as suddenly, she seemed to be everywhere.Perhaps this is death's strangest contradiction. While... -
The grace of being seen, a review of Manik Kaur’s ‘Everyday Etiquette: The Art of Mindful Living’
Aug 7, 2026New Delhi , August 7 (ANI): There was a time when etiquette meant knowing which fork to use, when to stand, how to address an elder, or how not to embarrass yourself at a formal dinner.... -
Remembering Rohit Bal: A Legacy That Lives Beyond Time
May 8, 2026New Delhi , May 8 (ANI): Time has passed, but grief does not move in straight lines. It circles, it returns, it settles into the body in unexpected ways. It has now been more than a... -
The Tesseract that stayed: Five days after, the geometry of responsibility
Mar 18, 2026Mumbai (Maharashtra) , March 18 (ANI): On the 13th of March, I went to a theatre in Mumbai reluctantly, not unwillingly, but with the quiet resistance that cities like Mumbai, Delhi, New York, London, and Paris... -
Shashi Tharoor at 70: Libraries in his mind, kindness in his heart
Mar 9, 2026New Delhi , March 9 (ANI/Suvir Saran): Seventy years ago, on the ninth day of March, a boy was born who would grow into a man carrying entire libraries in his mind and an uncommon gentleness... -
Aurat: The Women Who Wrote My Life” — An International Women’s Day meditation in the echo of Sahir
Mar 8, 2026New Delhi , March 8 (ANI): There are poems that live in books, and there are poems that live in the bloodstream. For me, one such poem has always been the searing nazm by Sahir Ludhianvi... -
The People we refuse to see
Dec 3, 2025New Delhi , December 3 (ANI): It has been a few weeks since the India Inclusion Summit ended--weeks in which the noise of daily life returned, but the silence inside me deepened. Weeks in which the... -
The Sensual Self: A Jasmine-Scented Rebellion
Oct 14, 2025New Delhi , October 14 (ANI): Shobhaa De's The Sensual Self is not a book; it is a bloom -- nocturnal, fragrant, unafraid of its own scent. Like raat ki rani unfurling at dusk, it intoxicates... -
Lakme Fashion Week 2025: Tarun Tahiliani redefines ‘India-Modern’ with his groundbreaking Tasva collection
Oct 12, 2025New Delhi , October 12 (ANI): On Day 4 of Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI, Tarun Tahiliani reminded India why he continues to define what modern Indian couture means. His clothes walked like whispers, structured yet...
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“Landmark moment for Indian Soft Tennis”: President Murmu hails Jay Meena’s Asian Games bronze
New Delhi , September 23 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday congratulated Jay Meena after the Indian athlete scripted history by winning the country’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis, securing bronze in... -
BCCI to host IPL 2027 auction in Goa in December: Devajit Saikia
Guwahati (Assam) , September 23 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devajit Saikia on Wednesday announced that the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for the 2027 edition of the...